Takeaways from a snoozer to end the non-con

As we have stated a lot this season, there isn’t a great deal to learn about your team when playing the likes of Southern, Cincinnati, and Fairfield. Xavier won 79-59 in a game where they sort of got into gear but really didn’t and then just cruised to a win. The meat of the season starts soon.

There is a huge gap between Xavier’s starters and the bench

Desmond Claude has an offensive rating of 76.2 and turns the ball over a third of the time he uses it. Kam Craft was good tonight but struggles on defense and has an offensive rating of 93.7. Dieonte Miles is still the best defender on the team but has become mostly hopeless on offense. Kyky Tandy is just never going to happen. That leaves…